Foo Fighters reign on Billboard’s Top Hard Rock Albums chart for the eighth time, with Your Favorite Toy debuting at No. 1 on the survey dated May 9.
In the week ending April 30, Your Favorite Toy earned 27,000 equivalent album units in the United States, according to Luminate. Of that sum, 23,000 units are via album sales, including 11,000 in the vinyl configuration, leading to a No. 3 bow on Vinyl Albums.
Foo Fighters’ Top Hard Rock Albums dominance dates back to the ranking’s inception in 2007; in fact, each full-length studio album Foo Fighters released since 2017 has led the tally (2007’s Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, 2011’s Wasting Light, 2014’s Sonic Highways, 2017’s Concrete and Gold, 2021’s Medicine at Midnight, 2023’s But Here We Are and now Your Favorite Toy), plus its 2009 greatest hits package.
The Dave Grohl-led band’s eight No. 1s tie it with Pearl Jam for the second-most leaders since the chart’s inception, behind Linkin Park’s nine.
Most No. 1s, Top Hard Rock Albums
- 9, Linkin Park
- 8, Foo Fighters
- 8, Pearl Jam
- 7, Five Finger Death Punch
- 7, Ghost
- 6, Disturbed
- 6, Korn
- 6, Lamb of God
- 6, Nickelback
Your Favorite Toy concurrently starts at No. 3 on Top Rock & Alternative Albums, and on the all-genre Billboard 200, it bows at No. 23, the act’s 15th top 40-charted set.
Four songs featured on Your Favorite Toy appear on the May 9-dated Hot Hard Rock Songs chart, led by “Window” as a debut at No. 5 (1 million chart-eligible streams). The title track, which is the current radio single, follows at No. 6 (3.6 million radio audience impressions, 537,000 streams). It reached No. 1 on Mainstream Rock Airplay for a week in April and peaked at No. 3 on Alternative Airplay.
“Caught in the Echo” and “Of All People” also reach the May 9-dated Hot Hard Rock Songs at Nos. 24 and 25, respectively, while a fifth, lead single “Asking for a Friend,” peaked at No. 4 in November.
